Lioco - Mendocino County Pinot Noir 2024 (750ml)
Price: $25.99
| Producer | Lioco |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Mendocino County |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Sku | 2230 |
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Lioco Pinot Noir presents notes of preserved cherry, red rose, and forest floor on the nose, leading to a flavor profile flush with black raspberry and sour plum, with an underlying core of minerality.
Lioco Description
We're gonna go on record and say it: this wine is ONE OF ONE. There simply is not another Mendocino Pinot Noir being bottled today that claims such a wide range of vineyard sources. This wine spans the entire county from Potter Valley (interior) to Comptche (far coast). As such, it may be the first time we can assess the true "characteristics of place" for Mendocino. Like the 2023 before it, the '24 installment is infused with an exciting new source in the heavily forested, near-coast hamlet of Comptche. The Comptche lots were blended with stalwarts from the Anderson Valley, The Cole Ranch, and the Potter Valley. The AV component adds characteristic purple berry/red floral notes. The Cole Ranch piece contributes a pleasing grip/structure. And the Potter Valley piece provides the high tones in the wine, care of some rare Beaujolais-Clone Pinot Noir. We feel this wine from disparate but essentially Mendocino ranches blends out to give a wide aperture view of this wild, evergreen county, and make an authentic expression of Mendocino Pinot Noir.
Vinous: 90 Points
The 2024 Pinot Noir (Mendocino County) presses out layers of dark cherry, incense, graphite and chalk in a slightly somber, brooding frame. It pulls tight on the powdery finish, leaving behind an echo of herbs and a chewy sensation. This young wine needs some time to reveal its charms, but the elements are in place.
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